Recognised as Colour

#D8E3E7

#D8E3E7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#D8E3E7 is a cyan with RGB values 216, 227, 231 and HSL 196°, 24%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D8E3E7#D8E3E7

HEX#D8E3E7

RGBrgb(216, 227, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8902, 0.9059

RGB percentages84.7%, 89%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(196, 23.8%, 87.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196, 6.5%, 90.6%)

CMYK6.5%, 1.7%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,214,119

CSS custom property--colour: #D8E3E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.06:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#271C18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1E2E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEE0E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D4E4E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.7 Light grey · ΔE 6.6 Alice blue · ΔE 7.9 White smoke · ΔE 8.2 Ghost white · ΔE 9.2 Lavender · ΔE 9.5

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.69, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E7DCD8

Analogous#D8E7E3, #D8DCE7

Triadic#E7D8E3, #E3E7D8

Split complementary#E7D8DC, #E7E4D8

Tetradic#E3D8E7, #E7DCD8, #DBE7D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F8FAFA

Darker −10%#B8CCD4

Darker −20%#99B6C0

Darker −30%#799FAD

Darker −40%#5D8796

More saturated +25%#D0E7EF

Less saturated −25%#E0E0E0

Channel breakdown

R216

G227

B231

Red216 (84.7%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue196°

Saturation (HSL)23.81%

Lightness87.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D8 · G E3 · B E7

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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